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Word: tunefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Changing the Tune. The radio field was being invaded by so many newcomers that Sarnoff got worried; he thought RCA should expand into other fields. But RCA's profits were needed to keep pace with the mushrooming radio business; there was little left for the kind of expansion he had in mind. So Sarnoff began his famous series of expansions without cash; he traded RCA products and stock for the companies he wanted. RCA had developed the Photophone, a device for talking movies, and traded rights to it to Radio-Albee-Orpheum and F.P.O. Productions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: The General | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

...Francis E. Townsend, now 84 but determined as ever, nodded his white head in time to the tune and beamed at 2,000 faithful followers gathered in Detroit's big Masonic Temple auditorium. They were celebrating the 17th anniversary of The Plan-$200 a month for every man & woman over 60, who needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: Looking Backward | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

...stereotype of the romantic poet; he is far closer to Bernard Shaw's description of him as "a merry soul, a jolly fellow, who could not only carry his splendid burthen of genius, but swing it around, toss it up and catch it again, and whistle a tune as he strode along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In the Mouth of Fame | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

...Love Again (April Stevens; Victor). Miss Stevens cuddles up to a languorous old Cole Porter tune already creeping back onto bestseller lists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Young Stylist, Old Style | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

Make a Wish (Victor; 10 sides 45 rpm). One tune sounds pretty much like another in Hugh Martin's monotonously gay musical setting for Molnar's The Good Fairy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Young Stylist, Old Style | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

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